Blog: This term in the Music Department
I have to be honest: I did not hold out much hope in September for a musically stimulating and rewarding term. The guidelines in the Government’s ‘Safe Re-Opening of Schools’, whilst encouraging music and recognising the importance and value of it within schools, laid before us a seemingly prohibitive number of regulations. We were faced with questions such as: How could we […]
Languages: Year 7 share about their families, in French!
After putting a lot of work into making family posters, Year 7 pupils are presenting their family to their class this week, all in French. In their presentation, pupils have to describe each member of their immediate family including their physical appearance, their personality and things they like or dislike about them. For most of […]
Year 8 Science News: May the Force be with you!
It was all go today in Science as Year 8 made their own Newton meters for a Forces topic, and then compared their accuracy to that of the professional apparatus. Josie managed to construct hers first and had a 50g difference when compared to a professional meter, Tom had a difference of only 10g! Owen […]
This week in the boarding house
This week’s Star Boarder is Hugo B (Year 7). Hugo boards twice a week and absolutely loves it. He takes part in all the activities on offer and brings joy and happiness to the Boarding House. This week we decided to reward Hugo for the kindness of his big heart and his fantastic behaviour. Well […]
Anti-Bullying week: A blog from our Prefects
This week the Prefect Team lead an assembly on our support for the ‘United Against Bullying’ national campaign. What is bullying? Bullying is the repetitive intentional hurting of one person or group by another person or group, where the relationship involves an imbalance of power. It can happen face to face or online. This can […]
Year 3 celebrate Diwali
Last weekend, Hindus and Sikhs all around the world celebrated Diwali, also known as The Festival of Lights. If you heard fireworks in your neighbourhood, saw rows of candles, or houses or doors covered in lights, then you will have seen part of their celebrations. You may even have seen Rishi Sunak, on the news, […]
ECS Sport Update
Another week has flown by and it’s been another week of enjoying the outdoors. As the boys continued their rugby campaign, the girls enjoyed some tag rugby, cross country and football. We even had some Joe Wicks sessions (I am still recovering) and also some Harry Potter yoga! In PE the pupils have been focussing on developing teamwork. Fun games […]
Year 4 investigate the Science of sound!
Year 4 have been investigating sound in science over the last few weeks. Last week we considered various methods to see which would be the best experiment to demonstrate that soundwaves are vibrations. We used musical instruments, rice and cling film. This week we carried out our experiment using a tuning fork and a bowl […]
This week in the Boarding House…
Edward K (Year 6) won the title of Star Boarder of the week this week in the Boarding House. Edward has had a great week overall and deserves to be commended for his effort to keep his dorm tidy, for his music practice and for his kind and positive behavior. Well done Edward! On Tuesday […]
ECS: A Christmas to Remember
Introducing, our first-ever virtual Carol Service! We are excited to announce that this year our Christmas Carols has gone virtual. The service includes a collection of songs, performances, readings and prayers which showcase the talent, enthusiasm and joy of our pupils. Please find the link below. Enjoy!
